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The Shabbat morning singalong is a hallmark of Milwaukee Jewish Day School

The Shabbat morning singalong is a hallmark of Milwaukee Jewish Day School

Posted on: March 11th, 2024 | 1 Adar II 5784 by Rob Golub

Shabbat Sing, an enduring hallmark of Milwaukee Jewish Day School, now has a CD album.  The weekly burst of energy and hamishness has children dancing and singing every Friday morning in a large room filled with parents and grandparents. The songs are led by Mara Kleiman and Wendy Cohen. Kleiman is director of Jewish life […]

IN PICTURES: ‘The Chosen” in production 

IN PICTURES: ‘The Chosen” in production 

Posted on: March 5th, 2024 | 25 Adar I 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

“The Chosen” will be performed at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, March 5-31, 2024 , at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater. The show is presented by the Milwaukee Jewish Federation. Above are Hillel Rosenshine and Eli Mayer in rehearsal for “The Chosen.” The photo below is a set model, in preparation for the show.  

Coming Events, March 2024 

Coming Events, March 2024 

Posted on: March 1st, 2024 | 21 Adar I 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Sunday, March 3  Bookmaking Learn techniques to make books and hear remarkable stories about the origin of books, their power in our culture, and their potential to serve as outlets of creative resistance. Members $10. Community $20. March 3, 1 p.m. Jewish Museum Milwaukee, 1360 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee. Register at JewishMuseumMilwaukee.org/events. Contact Info@JewishMuseumMilwaukee.org.  Monday, […]

Cantor Berman to receive lifetime impact award 

Posted on: February 14th, 2024 | 5 Adar I 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

For decades, Congregation Shalom Cantor Karen Berman had her hand in education, from teaching music to coordinating and teaching the synagogue’s b’nai mitzvah tutorial program.  For her work, Berman will receive the 2024 Salute to Jewish Educators Lifetime Impact Award.   The award ceremony will be held at Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center […]

Wisconsin-born playwright brings “The Chosen” to Milwaukee  

Wisconsin-born playwright brings “The Chosen” to Milwaukee  

Posted on: February 14th, 2024 | 5 Adar I 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

“The Chosen,” the story of a pair of Jewish boys growing up in Brooklyn in the 1940s, began life as a novel by Chaim Potok, first published in 1967. It was adapted into a movie in 1981 and then, in 1999, Aaron Posner worked with Potok to turn it into a stage play.   That play […]

‘Last Jewish Gangster’ event Feb. 13 

‘Last Jewish Gangster’ event Feb. 13 

Posted on: February 9th, 2024 | 30 Shevat 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Chabad of Glendale & River Hills is hosting Myron Sugerman, the son of Jewish mobster Barney “Sugie” Sugerman, for a men’s night on Tuesday, Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m.   Sugerman worked as a manager for Meyer Lansky’s organization operating slot machines in the 1970s. He reintroduced the slot machine business into New York City, where […]

Coming Events, February 2024

Coming Events, February 2024

Posted on: February 2nd, 2024 | 23 Shevat 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Sunday, Feb. 4  Bagels, Books & Babies  Families with babies two and under are invited to meet for a story, music and play. All are invited to attend. Feb. 4, 10-11 a.m. Congregation Shalom, 7630 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Fox Point. Contact Brian Avner at Brian@Cong-Shalom.org or 414-352-9288, Ext. 122.  Create a photo estate  Cover […]

CEEBJ band to perform 

CEEBJ band to perform 

Posted on: January 10th, 2024 | 29 Tevet 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

The CEEBJ Band will perform at its first-ever “Shabbatpalooza” worship service on Friday, January 12, 7 p.m., at Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun, 2020 W. Brown Deer Road, River Hills.  The service will be in the style of the shul’s former Torahpalooza services that it held from 2004 through 2013, said Cantor David Barash.   The community […]

Coming Events, January 2024 

Coming Events, January 2024 

Posted on: December 29th, 2023 | 17 Tevet 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

Thursday, Jan. 4  Rosh Chodesh Society  The Rosh Chodesh Society’s upcoming course, One Wow Moment, peeks at pivotal moments in the lives of seven women of biblical fame and investigates the psychology and internal strengths that propelled these women. Jan. 4, 12 p.m. The Shul Center, 8825 N. Lake Dr., Milwaukee. Class Fee: $50/year or […]

IN PICTURES: About 200 people traveled from Wisconsin to the March for Israel

Posted on: December 1st, 2023 | 18 Kislev 5784 by Special to the Chronicle

About 180 people flew on a jet chartered by Milwaukee Jewish Federation to the Washington D.C. area and back, all in a day, for the March for Israel on Nov. 14, 2023. Some Wisconsinites met those from the chartered jet at the event. Photos by Rob Golub.   * * *About 180 people flew on a […]